WOODCOTE CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1080742 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WOODCOTE CHARITABLE TRUST, WOODCOTE RALLY

To raise charitable funds through the staging of the annual Woodcote Veteran Transport Rally in support of the Charity's objectives of promoting any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in the parish of Woodcote and the immediate surroundings thereof.

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE PARISH OF WOODCOTE AND THE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDS THEREOF AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THE FURTHERANCE OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY DISTRESS AND SICKNESS AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: WOODCOTE & IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING AREA.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: South Oxfordshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£60k
Latest spending
£65k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £4,811 for the year ended 31 December 2025, primarily due to lower public attendance at its principal fundraising event caused by extreme weather. Despite this shortfall, the charity maintained positive unrestricted reserves of £37,904, having drawn £5,000 from reserves to support local organisations. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified that would cast doubt on the preparation of the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 50
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 75
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 75
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Oxfordshire · Reading · Slough · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£60k£65k
31/12/2024£75k£75k
31/12/2023£85k£76k
31/12/2022£123£980
31/12/2021£265£1k

Common questions

Is WOODCOTE CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £4,811 for the year ended 31 December 2025, primarily due to lower public attendance at its principal fundraising event caused by extreme weather. Despite this shortfall, the charity maintained positive unrestricted reserves of £37,904, having drawn £5,000 from reserves to support local organisations. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified that would cast doubt on the preparation of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WALLINGFORD & DIDCOT ROTARY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION CIO.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WOODCOTE CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION£60k—0unclear—no doubt
WALLINGFORD & DIDCOT ROTARY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION CIO FY2024£194k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ASSOCIATION OF CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS FY2025£161k——unclear—no doubt
WOODGATE VALLEY URBAN FARM LTD FY2025£52k—0below—no doubt
Woodcote Village Hall FY2025£72k—0unclear—no doubt
THE WOODCOTE TRUST FY2025£44k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.